Dan Frieth
Dan is interested in political policies around the world and how they impact internet users and creators. [email protected]
Newsom Signs Content Takedown Law Following Nick Shirley Investigations
The precedent is more than the content removals. The precedent is that a legislature can keep inventing new categories of people entitled to them.
Court: First Amendment Protects Recording Police in Public
The federal appeals courts have nearly finished agreeing on something most people assumed was settled a long time ago.
Apple's Toll Booth Gets a New Coat of Paint
Apple overhauls EU App Store fees under DMA pressure, but developers still pay a commission on external link-outs.
Meta Trial Opens as States Demand Age Verification
A trial doesn't need a verdict to be useful. It needs testimony, exhibits, and a paper trail that legislators can cite to advance a digital ID agenda.
Babylon Bee Sues New Mexico Over AI Satire Disclaimer Law
The state's own attorney general already suspected this was unconstitutional. That didn't slow anything down.
Meta Fined $567M in Ruling That Points to Digital ID
Nothing in the order says "show us your ID" but everything downstream of the order does.
Four Kids "Safety" Bills, Supporting Online Digital ID Agenda, Hit Senate Floor
KOSA and the CHATBOT Act say they do not require age verification. Their duties still revolve on knowing a user's age.
Senate Bill Would Put Age Checks in Every US Operating System
Every bill that builds a checkpoint says it is not building a checkpoint.
Minnesota Nudification Ban Takes Effect After Judge Denies xAI Restraining Order
Despite First Amendment concerns pending, the first US nudification ban is now law in Minnesota. A judge denied xAI's restraining order over its filing delay.
Schiff and Khanna Revive the AI Ads Act With No Parody Carveout
The bill extends federal fraud rules to AI-generated content and, Schiff’s office says, removes the requirement that a misrepresentation be shown damaging before enforcement can begin.
xAI Challenges Minnesota’s Broad “Nudification” Law as a First Amendment Violation
Nothing in the text of Minnesota’s law distinguishes a nonconsensual deepfake from a satirical picture.
Google’s €890m EU Fine and the Wrong Fight in Washington
There is a European law worth fighting over, and Congress picked the other one.